![]() ![]() I didn't much care for it myself," he says with a sigh. ![]() Roy is also the director of Yeh Hia Mumbai Meri Jann (I Love Bombay), the Bollywood musical satire at the Traverse, which was roundly panned by the Edinburgh press. You meet so many amazing people, see brilliant productions - alongside a lot of shit, as well." ![]() But it is also the most exciting place to be. You are going to lose money, fight for audiences and the press will hate you. "Edinburgh is the most difficult festival to perform at. "Oh yes, it requires a kind of madness," he says. But 16 productions in Edinburgh? He must be mad. And he is the artistic director of the Jakarta arts festival, which starts in a few days' time. As well as managing his Edinburgh shows, he has been importing Indian chefs to cook at the George Square Theatre cafe and the Bongo Club. The founder of Teamwork Productions, a flagship art house in Delhi, Roy is an extraordinary blend of one-man community arts council and international promoter. "I don't think the film festival organisers know what's going to hit them," Roy says. ![]() The interview is already sold out and crash barriers have been hired to keep the crowds in line. Khan is the biggest international star that any of Edinburgh's festivals have ever seen - the equivalent of an all-singing, all-dancing Tom Cruise and a resurrected Elvis to half a billion fans in Asia and beyond. Special effects rigger/technician (uncredited)Ĭamera and Electrical Department Tim BargĬasting Department Nancy Botting-HarrisonĬostume and Wardrobe Department Anne DixonĮxecutive music producer (as Ajay K.But Roy's greatest challenge is likely to come from just one person: Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan, who is coming to Edinburgh on Saturday to talk about his career and introduce Asoka, the first of a selective retrospective of his movies at the film festival. Sound designer / supervising sound editor Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Adam Bocknek Writing Credits (in alphabetical order) Deepa Mehta Bollywood/Hollywood by Arts Alliance Amer. : Bollywood/Hollywood: Rahul Khanna, Moushumi Chatterjee, Dina Pathak, Lisa. ![]()
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